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44 Articles found on Monday, 21 November 2005
Ex-publishing tycoon indicted
21-11-2005
CHICAGO - US prosecutors announced criminal fraud charges last week against Conrad Black and his former associates, accusing the ex-publisher of looting his now-shrunken media empire, once one of the
readPledge to bridge digital divide
21-11-2005
TUNIS - A keynote UN communications summit ended on Friday with a pledge to connect poor countries to the IT revolution, but the bid to bridge the "digital divide" brought little more funding and
readRevamp company structures
21-11-2005
KEETMANSHOOP - Managerial positions at most of the companies and institutions registered with the Employment Equity Commission (EEC) are still widely white-male dominated.The Deputy Director of the
readStage set for SNIEA 2005
21-11-2005
ANOTHER year has passed and it is once again the time to judge small businesses that have excelled in this year's edition of the Sam Nujoma Innovative Entrepreneurs Awards (SNIEA) to be held at a
readNo plans to change output: OPEC
21-11-2005
RIYADH - OPEC oil exporters will not consider a change in output at next month's meeting unless crude prices fall rapidly, even though supply is outstripping demand, ministers from the group said on
readPortuguese banks look to Africa
21-11-2005
LISBON - Faced with declining room to grow at home, the three biggest Portuguese private banks are looking to developing markets in Eastern Europe and former Portuguese colonies in Africa for growth
readAlweendo urges better corporate governance
21-11-2005
A NUMBER of causes have been behind the collapse of several local and international companies and there is need for good and effective corporate governance and understanding of responsibilities to
readMaking a difference
21-11-2005
SIMSON Uri-Khob of the Save the Rhino Trust, conservationist Peter Bridgeford and The Namibian's Lindsay Dentlinger were honoured in Windhoek on Thursday for achievements in the environmental
readPensioner in hot pursuit of Great Triangle
21-11-2005
A WINDHOEK pensioner is pulling out all stops to get back N$7 million she invested with Great Triangle Investments - the same company that has swallowed more than N$100 million in public funds
readUnam to lay charges in exam scam case
21-11-2005
THE University of Namibia is to lay criminal charges against some employees in its examination department for allegedly tampering with results or selling exam papers to students.Katrina Sikeni, Public
readOut! Farmers in Kavango get the boot
21-11-2005
OSHIWAMBO-SPEAKING farmers with cattle grazing illegally in west Kavango have been served with eviction orders.They have been ordered to remove their livestock within seven days or face legal
readNamibians need to log in to opportunities
21-11-2005
MORE than 300 Namibians have benefited from India's International and Technical Co-operation (Itec) programme since Independence, the Indian High Commissioner to Namibia said last week.Namibians had
readWanted by the Police
21-11-2005
THE Police are requesting the assistance of the public in tracing a number of suspects in criminal cases.Carlos Tjirimongua, also known as Dogg, is wanted by Police at Henties Bay to stand trial on
readAbattoir workers reject new contract
21-11-2005
TENSION is boiling among nearly 80 workers of the Aranos Abattoir over the signing of a new employment agreement.Workers refused to sign the new contract. They claimed management of the company,
readWhat has SA done about single parents?
21-11-2005
THE Children's Act recently passed by the South African Parliament deals with the position of single mothers and fathers quite differently from the scheme proposed in Namibia's Children's Status
readSwapo supports child bill
21-11-2005
THE ruling party has thrown its weight behind the revised version of the Children's Status Bill to be tabled in Parliament, which aims to give equal rights to children born in and out of
readNo place for farm children
21-11-2005
THREE children of farmworkers in the Okahandja area might not be in school next year because they are unable to find hostel accommodation.Their parents now fear that the pupils will become street
readMan nabbed over lover's murder
21-11-2005
POLICE in Keetmanshoop have arrested Johannes Bea Gawab for shooting his girlfriend, Erica Dreyer, in a fit of jealousy on Saturday evening.Dreyer's mother, Susanna Davids (62), who witnessed the
readNew Year's Eve murder suspect to plead insanity
21-11-2005
A FORMER Rundu resident who is accused of murdering his girlfriend on New Year's Eve 2003 by shooting her five times in the head plans to raise a plea of temporary insanity when his trial starts in
readNew Tribunal set up for
21-11-2005
SADC A new Tribunal that will rule on disputes among member states of the 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) was inaugurated in Namibia on Friday.Nine judges were sworn in at a
readDate set for verdict in 'baboon shooting' case
21-11-2005
DECEMBER 5 will be judgement day for an Outjo district farmer and a co-accused on trial in the High Court on charges that they murdered a trespassing farm labourer in April last year and thereafter
read'Bewitched' Nghidipo to know fate of his feet today
21-11-2005
JOHANNES Nghidipo (21) from Elyalyatika village in the Omusati Region, whose feet were mysteriously burnt during the night of November 4, will hear today whether his feet will be amputated or not.A
read2 more mass graves found in the North
21-11-2005
TWO more mass graves have been found near Ondangwa, the regional Police commander said yesterday.Deputy Commissioner Armas Shivute said one grave was found at Epuku village, 30 km northeast of
readOmutamaneki nOpolisi ya pulapulwa moshipotha sha Kandara
21-11-2005
OMBELEWA yOpolisi nosho wo ndjoka yOmutamaneki-Ndjayi odha tulwa mesokono nomenyano kokomitiye yOparliamende mEtine lyoshiwike sha zi ko sho ya kutha ethimbo ele noonkondo okumanitha omakonakono
readODC ke wete we shoka e na okuninga
21-11-2005
OKAMPANI ya Off-shore Development Company (ODC) oya fa kayi wete we shoka yi na okuninga opo yi mone oshimaliwa shayo shOondola oomiliyuna ethele (N$100 million), shoka ya kanithila momapungulo ga
readOnkonga yomukulupe nohanana
21-11-2005
OMUNAMIMVO omilongo ntano nomugoyi nosho wo okanona komumvo gumwe oya ningi iihakanwa yonkonga oshiwike sha zi ko, Opolisi osho ya lopota ngaaka molopota yawo yiimbuluma.Omukiintu nenge tutye
readAfrika i indilwa a ninge po sha
21-11-2005
H ARARE - Omahangano omagameni guuthemba womuntu ga konda pethele nomilongo ntano (150) oga ningi eindilo kOmapangelo giilongo mu Afrika nosho wo koongundu dhopapolitika oonene, dhi keelele eyonagulu
readOodemoni tadhi hepeke mOnooli
21-11-2005
O YENDJI mOnooli oye li momalimbililo nomuutile uunene wOombepo dha nyata tadhi hepeke aantu nayi moNooli ya Namibia moka noyendji otayi ipula kutya oshike shi na okuningwa po.Omagumbo otaga pi
readAll Blacks on brink of slam after England test
21-11-2005
LONDON - New Zealand finally got a test worthy of the name at Twickenham on Saturday but remained on course for a grand slam with a hard-fought 23-19 victory over England.On a good day for the
read'Keane was sacked'
21-11-2005
MANCHESTER - Manchester United captain Roy Keane was sacked by the club on Friday, according to media reports in Ireland.Earlier, United's website said the controversial 34-year-old midfielder left
readKiwis faces huge bill on WC promise
21-11-2005
WELLINGTON - After celebrations in New Zealand following the country's selection to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup, officials began the tough task of finding hundreds of millions of dollars so they can
readReal given a lesson
21-11-2005
MADRID - A virtuoso Ronaldinho double and a superb opportunist strike from Samuel Eto'o secured Barcelona a stunning 3-0 win over archrivals Real Madrid at the Bernabeu on Saturday.Eto'o scored the
readBest fights for his life
21-11-2005
LONDON - George Best's family were maintaining a bedside vigil yesterday as the football legend remained unconscious and fighting for his life in intensive care.Best has been visited by his father,
readFootball Results 2005 FNB Cup
21-11-2005
Played Saturday, Nov 19 Walvis Bay, Kuisebmond Stadium Black Africa 2-1 Golden Bees Buschschule Civics 4-1 UA Tigers Orlando Pirates 2-1 Konica Minolta Eleven Arrows Blue Waters 3-1 Starlite
readCivics, 'Birds' in Cup semis
21-11-2005
CIVICS will meet Blue Waters in the FNB Cup semi-final in Windhoek next month, while premiership rookies SKW have a date with African Stars in the other fixture of the same competition.The
read60 years after Nuremberg trials, legacy remains
21-11-2005
WASHINGTON - Sixty years after the opening of the Nuremberg trials of top Nazis following World War Two, the tribunal's legacy reverberates loudly in international human rights law and in the trial
readIn Briefs
21-11-2005
* REJECTED - Chinese President Hu Jintao rebuffed US President George W.Bush's call to let "social, political and religious freedoms grow," but offered to show flexibility on trade disputes.* NUCLEAR
readMerkel to strengthen US ties
21-11-2005
BERLIN - Under Angela Merkel, who is to be voted in as chancellor tomorrow, Germany will seek to repair ties with the United States while maintaining the German-French axis at the heart of the
readDarfur rebels in reconciliation bid
21-11-2005
KHARTOUM - The rival leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) in the troubled western region of Darfur held a first meeting on Saturday with African Union and US diplomats sponsoring a
readCalls for Zimbabwe senate poll boycott
21-11-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe's main trade union body and rights groups yesterday called on workers and political parties to oppose next week's controversial senate elections.In press advertisements published in
readKenyan govt faces tough challenge
21-11-2005
NAIROBI - Kenya's government risks an embarrassing defeat in a constitutional referendum today seen as a test of strength ahead of elections in 2007.A rally in Nairobi held by foes of President Mwai
readBush rejects timetable on Iraq pull-out
21-11-2005
BAGHDAD - Car bombs killed 48 people in Iraq on Saturday, a day after more than 80 died in suicide blasts across the country and as US President George W.Bush pledged never to relent in his war on
readMatlhape, ANC veteran
21-11-2005
THE founder of the ANC's Economic Research Unit, Selebano Zacharia Matlhape, was a lifelong fighter for democracy, ANC spokesman Smuts Ngonyama said in a tribute from the African National Congress on
readCP Ellis, former Klan member turned civil rights activist
21-11-2005
DURHAM, North Carolina - CP Ellis, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan whose conversion into a civil rights activist was documented in a book, has died.Ellis (78) was buried last week Saturday. He was
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